by Website Editor, 4 December 2012 (updated 26 June 2013)

The Scottish Government has today (4 December 2012) published its updated 'China Plan', on the first anniversary of the arrival of the pandas in Edinburgh.

The new plan, entitled 'Working with China - a five year strategy for engagement between Scotland and the People's Republic of China', can be found on the Scottish Government website here, to view online or download as a pdf. There is also a news release here.

In March 2013, the Scottish Parliament's European and External Affairs Committee announced an inquiry into the 'China Plan' and international policy in general - for more details, see here and here. This follows on from their earlier inquiry in 2009-2010.

See this page for an article on the Committee's report, published on 23 June 2013.